Audio In

by Tony Kilcollins
Winter 2002/Spring 2003

Internet audio is blasting through cyberspace at the speed of sound. Now, more than ever, you can find just about any type of audio entertainment on your computer via the Internet. While the U.S. Copyright office, WebCasters and the recording industry continue to fine-tune certain online royalty fees, there's a galaxy of sites that offer talk, sports, MP3s, archived audio, Internet radio and more. Here's our latest sampling.

Talk America Radio Networks
Category: Talk Radio
[www.talkamerica.com]
Talk America Radio Networks provides original talk programming 24/7 ranging from political opinion, finance, health, gardening, food, consumer protection and entertainment. Hosts include Bruce Williams, Lowell Ponte, Chuck Harder and Heloise. Listen in with RealPlayer or Windows Media.

Rock Around the World
Category: Archived Radio Show
[www.ratw.com]
From 1974 to 1979, Rock Around the World aired on more than 160 radio stations coast to coast, and worldwide on the American Forces Radio and Television Service. Featuring music and interviews by artists such as Paul McCartney, The Who, The Rolling Stones, John Lennon and Bob Dylan, these legendary programs are archived and ready for listening.

peoplesound.com
Category: New MP3 Music
[www.peoplesound.com]
peoplesound.com is a British site that features high-quality music from new and emerging artists. You can select from, and instantly play, thousands of tracks from music genres that include rock, indie, urban, jazz, blues and reggae. Type in the name of an artist, such as "Madonna," and the special peoplesound.com search engine will find music from a similar type of artist.

Partners in Rhyme
Category: Royalty-Free Music and Sound Effects
[www.partnersinrhyme.com]
Partners in Rhyme allows you to download royalty-free and public domain music and sound effects for video and multimedia presentations. One example is a collection of full-length classical music tracks performed by the Russian Globalis Orchestra. Partners in Rhyme also offers royalty-free buy-out production music libraries for purchase on CD-ROM.

Wired for Books
Category: Archived Audio Interviews
[http://wiredforbooks.org/index.html]
For many years, most of the best writers of the English language found their way to Don Swaim's CBS Radio studio in New York. These two-minute radio shows are now archived and available for listening. The site offers over 140 interviews with famous authors such as Maya Angelou, Tom Clancy, Michael Crichton, Anne Rice and John Irving. The site also includes a dramatic audio performance of Lewis Carrol's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Sporting News Radio
Category: Sports Talk and News
[http://radio.sportingnews.com]
Sporting News Radio draws on the expertise of The Sporting News' writers and columnists. The site features a live audio stream as well as the Audio Vault, which offers archived interviews with athletes, coaches and experts. The site also has online communities for each radio show. James Brown, Phil Jackson, Chris Russell and Rick Ballou are among the noted hosts on Sporting News Radio.

Radio-Locator
Category: Radio Search Engine
[www.radio-locator.com]
Radio-Locator, formerly the "MIT List of Radio Stations on the Internet," boasts links to over 10,000 radio station Web pages and over 2,500 audio streams from radio stations in the United States and around the world. You can search by radio station location or call letters, Internet streaming radio and world radio. You can also go to the opinion board and cast your vote on a variety of related topics.